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" There's something about the superheroes and the idea behind their relationship with humans, whether it's a metaphor for the better part of ourselves, or the more flawed part of ourselves. So it seems to really be our own pop-culture version of Greek mythology. "

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" I was really sad after 'The Avengers' when I realized I was not going to have a part in 'Thor 2' or 'Captain America: The Winter Soldier.' But I'm not arguing with my fantastic plane and my really cool car. "

Clark Gregg

Sad

Winter

Soldier

" The technology actually seemed to come at just the right time to make the Hulk - Mark Ruffalo was really able to play both characters. "

" There's nobody who loves being around actors working more than David Mamet, especially actors bringing his tremendous dialogue to life. I've never seen a movie director who was happier to be directing a movie than Dave. "

" I was a football player at college and dislocated my thumb. I was out for a bit and passed the theatre and saw some lovely drama students walking into an audition for 'Much Ado About Nothing' and thought: 'That's what I'll do when I recover.' I joined that production and was hooked. "

" I like anything Jennifer Lawrence is in. She's so beautiful. "

" When there wasn't a lot of work, I wrote a screenplay, 'What Lies Beneath,' which got noticed and got me more acting jobs. As I got more jobs, I was able to make my own films. That ethos of making my own work has provided me with a lot of opportunities. "

Clark Gregg

Work

Acting

" When I moved out to Los Angeles to get some film and television work, and couldn't get any... I became a little isolated, a little terrified, and it's a good place to get writing, because you're so bored. So I wrote a few screenplays, and people notice those. "

" I started out doing theater in New York. I used to go to Shakespeare in the Park a lot. "

" The thing is, I love a great death scene - no good actor doesn't. Sorry, any actor, I should say. "

" In Jiu-Jitsu, every instinct you have wants to do everything but relax or breathe when someone's attacking you, and learning that takes a long time. I think that's why a lot of people stop at blue belt because it's really hard to do. It's hard to take that next step. It took me a long time. "

" I had worked in this New York theatre company for my first eight or nine years out of college, acting and directing there, and I'd begun to write a little bit. "

" I was an 'Ironman' fan. It was in the '70s. I definitely liked comics and drew a lot of panels on my notebook when I should have been studying - probably why I ended up in the arts. "

Clark Gregg

Why

Fan

" I think about it, and I realize there's been some version of a Batman or Spiderman or Superman franchise since I was a boy, since before I was a boy. "

" I thought there would be more time in my trailer to write during 'Agents Of S.H.I.E.L.D.,' but I seem to be always flying in a harness and conquering supervillains instead. "

Clark Gregg

Always

Thought

" Apparently, Agent Coulson is a representative or an avatar of all the geeks. And there is so much love for Coulson and fan art of Coulson. "

" I would want the going-back-in-time superpower, so I could take back the stuff that I say and gets me in trouble with my wife. "

" New York is the perfect place for a film festival because there's already so much energy and life here, and New Yorkers love movies. "

" CBT is really a miracle. I've seen it help a lot of people, and one of the reasons I'm speaking out is that I don't feel like enough people know it. Through my work, I constantly come across other people who have various forms of anxiety or panic - it's much more common, I think, than people realize - and not all of them even really know about CBT. "

" Joss Whedon and all the writers of 'Iron Man' and 'Thor' found a way to keep Coulson saying something that keeps you guessing. I'm really lucky because a lot of people play agents and don't get nearly as much fun stuff to do. "

" All the PG-13 superhero movies are depriving me of the gore that I need. "

" Sometimes being an actor is being a song in someone else's mixtape, so I really understand why more and more actors are making films of their own. "

" I feel like every time you think you really understand how deep the seductive power of evil is, it always proves to be one step deeper than you thought possible. "

" I was lucky enough to work a little bit with Steven Spielberg. "

" The cool thing about directing is, whatever cool thing works in the scene, it's still making the episode be a great story, and everyone's working toward that goal, so it doesn't much matter where it's coming from. "